Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
One two three four
Wakey wakey
Rise and shine
It's on again, off again, on again
Watch me fall
Like domino's
In pretty patterns
Fingers in the blackbird pie
I'm tingling tingling tingling
It's what you feel now
What you ought to, what you ought to
Reasonable and sensible
Dead from the neck up
Because I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
For no real reason
Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles
Take a bow take a bow take a bow
It's what you feel now
What you ought to
What you ought to
An elephant thats in the room is
Tumbling tumbling tumbling
In duplicate and duplicate
Plastic bags and
Duplicate and triplicate
Dead from the neck up
Guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
Exactly where do you get off
Is enough is enough is enough
I love you but enough is enough, enough
A last stop
There's no real reason
Wakey wakey
Rise and shine
It's on again, off again, on again
Watch me fall
Like domino's
In pretty patterns
Fingers in the blackbird pie
I'm tingling tingling tingling
It's what you feel now
What you ought to, what you ought to
Reasonable and sensible
Dead from the neck up
Because I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
For no real reason
Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles
Take a bow take a bow take a bow
It's what you feel now
What you ought to
What you ought to
An elephant thats in the room is
Tumbling tumbling tumbling
In duplicate and duplicate
Plastic bags and
Duplicate and triplicate
Dead from the neck up
Guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
Exactly where do you get off
Is enough is enough is enough
I love you but enough is enough, enough
A last stop
There's no real reason
Lyrics submitted by life_aint_chess, edited by George0312, Planet, Paymaan, Joshoewaa
Faust Arp Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I might be far off the mark, but then, everybody intepret songs as they feel it. For me, this song is about being stuck in a situation (like a relationship, but not necessarily), and not being able to escape it (or not being brave enough), and slowly, quietly breaking down while everything keeps going as usual. Like having enough of everyday life.
The repetitive music, and the lyrics "wakey... it's on again, off again", would be about waking up everyday, doing the same dull routine, while dying on the inside ("watch me fall like..."). The protagonist has to do what is "reasonable and sensible", because life goes on, but desperatly wants to "get off". "The elephants that's in the room" would refer to the problem the protagonist knows exists and that weights heavily on his heart, but ignores because it is easier to, and its "tumbling" to his breaking down and unability to bear it longer.
"It's what you feel, not what you ought to", would mean the protagonist knows how he (or she) should feel normally, but cannot help to feel otherwise. Like how somebody should be happy because everything seems to be going well in their life, but cannot deep down. The "duplicate and triplicate" would refer to the days coming one after another, always the same. "We thought you had it in you but not": the protagonist should, by social standards, being able to go on, but is not able to. "There's no real reason": once again, everything should be alright, but still, nothing is.
Still, the "I love you but enough is enough" hints that the situation he is stuck in could be relationship which keeps going on because it has become a habit, but which has no meaning anymore, and he cannot take it anymore ("exactly where do you get off": he wants to stop it, but does not know how to anymore).
Well, I could be saying rubbish, but that's what I understood right away '^_^
Perfect.
@lullaby12 I think he does break up with her by the end of the song when he says enough is enough
@lullaby12 thank U SOOO much! You have NO idea How Much helped me & how You were RIGHT on PT. I have Someone I love who was trying to explain how he felt ByTHIS SONG and this is his EXACT situation. So Thank you VERY much- Ive been rackin my brain thinkin WTH!?! anyway- you took all that away from me after reading this and I GET IT NOW! So Thanks again- cant thank you enough! =)